James Duckworth and Adam Walton will play each other in the semifinal of the Taipei Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.83
Adam Walton -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Adam Walton
This will be the 2nd time that James Duckworth and Adam Walton clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Duckworth won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Stanford Challenger back in 2023.
James Duckworth
23 - 11win/loss
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LLLWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-28 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 9-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Duckworth got to the semifinal after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-3 6-4, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-62 and Arthur Fery 7-5 7-5.
In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Fery (7-5 7-5). During the match, Duckworth scored 82 points vs Fery’s 62. Duckworth was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth bagged 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Fery 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (292-187). 16-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a composed 211-116 record in the last years on hard.
James’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger.
James has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Adam Walton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-35 | 46-27 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Walton reached the semifinal after defeating Yuta Shimizu 7-65 6-0, Ji Sung Nam 6-0 6-3 and Ricardas Berankis 6-3 7-67.
In the quarter, Walton had a good straight sets win against Berankis (6-3 7-67). During the match Walton scored 78 points vs Berankis’s 61. Walton was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Walton made 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Adam Walton was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Berankis twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he beat Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4).
Adam has a composed 34-15 win-loss record in 2024, 34-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 56 |
| Pts | 232-185 | 220-152 |
| Total Points | 417 | 372 |
| Winners | 91 | 97 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Duckworth and Walton played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Walton have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Duckworth played 10 games more than Walton. The Australian scored 91 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Walton bagged 97 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 112/191 | 125/183 |
| %1st in | 59% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 91/112 | 97/125 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 49/79 | 34/58 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 59% |
Duckworth fired 23 aces (7.7 per match). Walton fired 9 aces (3 per match). Duckworth won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Walton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 44% | 40% |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Adam conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Ramanathan |
1/4 Fery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-62 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 24 | 66 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 83-73 | 82-62 | 232-185 | |
| Total points | 117 | 156 | 144 | 417 | |
| Winners | 22 | 38 | 31 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 12 | 5 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/56 | 47/69 | 38/66 | 112/191 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 68% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 38/47 | 31/38 | 91/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 14/22 | 18/28 | 49/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 64% | 64% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/3 | 3/7 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/4 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 67% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Walton | |||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Sung Nam |
1/4 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-0 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 76-53 | 66-38 | 78-61 | 220-152 | |
| Total points | 129 | 104 | 139 | 372 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 41 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 53% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 33/51 | 53/72 | 125/183 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/33 | 41/53 | 97/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/18 | 12/19 | 34/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 2/6 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 75% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger
- Adam WaltonWalton – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Yuta Shimizu/James Kent TrotterShimizu/James Kent Trotter – Calum Puttergill/Reese StalderPuttergill/Reese Stalder (7-65 5-7 10-7) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Arthur FeryFery (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Max PurcellPurcell (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
